Do people generally prefer stories with explicit focus on sex?

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I wanted to get a feel from the wider group here about whether they find explicit sexual description a crucial part of their reading experience. For me, the build up, the dialogs, and the mental image are often more interesting (to write and to read) than detailed sexual intercourse narrations.

How do others feel about that?

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I agree, I prefer to focus on the build up, dialog, mental image, and also the psychology. I’ve often wondered if I should include more graphic descriptions in my stories, but nobody’s ever complained that I need more, so I guess I’m doing okay. :man_shrugging:

Thanks for asking about this. I’ll be very interested to see what people say.

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Same. Snuggling, getting aroused, kissing, and foreplay turn me on more that the sex tbh.

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For me it’s both. The build-up, the kinky situation (for me usually the loss of control) is the essence of the story.

But, for me, hot sex scenes as the result of the whole build-up are the icing on the cake.

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It really depends. My own writing (‘Mountain Peaks Pack’) has a LOT of non-sexual scenes. But that’s me. Others may want to write exclusively sex scenes. And readers may like solely sex, sexual tension scenes AND non-sexy scenes, and most likely a combo of all of the above. I don’t think there’s any one ‘correct’ formula, besides the general rules of drama / fiction (foreshadowing, etc.)